Irish Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney also joins the virtual meting to discuss plans to deal with the past.

Industry representatives say businesses are struggling after lockdown and need help from Stormont.

More than 1,000 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Northern Ireland on Thursday.

Fully vaccinated passengers from amber countries will no longer have to self-isolate from 19 July.

First Minister Paul Givan says the proposals are an "insult to victims" as SDLP urges assembly recall.

Three others have been treated by paramedics after a boating incident off the County Antrim coast.

John Glass produces a stunning performance by scoring 36 off the last over to lift Ballymena to the LVS Twenty20 Trophy at Cregagh's expense.

He is due in court on Friday over the death of a 53-year-old man at a property on Beatrice Road.

Thomas Davidson, 53, is accused of murdering his partner Kathleen Brankin near Limavady.

Temperatures have reached 25.7C in Castlederg, County Tyrone, and there is more sunshine to come.

It includes no new checks on goods being traded between GB and NI and no border in the Irish Sea.

Stephen McKinney, 44, denies murdering his wife Lu Na McKinney in April 2017.

Ronan Hale scores the only goal of the second leg as Larne mark their first tie in European club football by beating Welsh side Bala Town 2-0 on aggregate.

Patients were concerned the ward in Belfast City Hospital would close, but instead it will move.

There have been 1,083 cases and no further deaths recorded in the past 24 hours.

The current figure includes employees who are currently on furlough.

No booking is required at the clinics across NI, which are offering first doses to anyone over 18.

It comes as all regional vaccination clinics in NI are now accepting walk-ins without appointments.

The certification system will allow people to show that they have had two vaccine doses.

People who lost loved ones during the Troubles have criticised government plans to deal with the past.

Iain Archer tells MPs composers and artists make very little money from streamed music.

Vance McElhinney's partner and baby daughter flew from Vietnam to NI to reunite after the pandemic.

Justine Lewis was admitted to a mental health ward and separated from her new-born daughter.

The weather forecast in Northern Ireland.

Nine-year-old Joshua and police officer Graham Dodds recall a life-changing kidney transplant.

Vance McElhinney's partner and baby daughter flew from Vietnam to NI to reunite after the pandemic.

The government intends to bring forward legislation to ban all Troubles-related prosecutions.

The government intends to bring forward legislation to ban all Troubles-related prosecutions.

The SDLP leader used parliamentary privilege to reveal the identity of Soldier F.

The identity of a former paratrooper, accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday, had been kept anonymous.

Police say the woman and the man arrested on suspicion of her murder were on holiday in the area.

A 34-year-old woman dies after being hit by a white van while walking in the early hours of Sunday.

Fully vaccinated people will soon be allowed to eat and drink in indoor venues, if plans go ahead.

New legislation will allow people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 to eat and drink in indoor venues.

The drugs, worth up to €35m, were discovered in two shipping containers carrying bags of charcoal.

Ulster GAA is understood to have made enquiries about the possibility of hosting this year's Ulster SFC final at Croke Park.

Basketball Ireland CEO Bernard O'Byrne apologised for his Facebook post about the England footballer.

New laws will allow vaccinated people to eat and drink in bars and restaurants in Ireland.